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To: Cicero

>>Natural Born was traditionally taken to mean born in this country to parents who were both citizens.

According to the “Natural Born” Experts at WND, I’m not “Natural born” because my parents were minors when I was born. I hate Obama and everything he stands for, but coming up with all these new restrictions to the definition of “Natural born” is just a distraction.


12 posted on 10/29/2011 1:35:03 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (The solution to fix Congress: Nuke em from orbit. It's the only way to be sure!)
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To: Bryanw92
Exactly. Besides , Rubio was born in Miami. He like anyone else born in this country is a citizen. This is no mystery .
14 posted on 10/29/2011 2:02:46 PM PDT by fantom (,)
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To: Bryanw92

Thats the problem I have with outfits like WND. They try to make a case on politics, rather than on Constitutionality.

There are a lot of people trying to use native born vs natural born, but the problem with that is they do not appear in the same realms. Natural born is in the Constitution, and the phrase native born appears no where in it. Native born is a classification category, where natural born is not.

And the courts have passed on making an ultimate definition for the term natural born each time an issue relating to citizenship has come up. So there are no rulings that support the citizenship of parents as a requirement.


28 posted on 10/29/2011 2:48:09 PM PDT by Raider Sam (They're on our left, right, front, and back. They aint gettin away this time!)
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To: Bryanw92
"According to the “Natural Born” Experts at WND, I’m not “Natural born” because my parents were minors when I was born."

What???? Were your parents American citizens and minors to boot? If so, you are a natural born citizen. The minor part for bozo was if he was born in Kenya - his mother was only 18 years old which would not allow her to transfer her citizenship onto her child born out of the country. She would have had to live in the United States for 5 years after the age of 14. Is this what you are talking about?
38 posted on 10/29/2011 3:22:39 PM PDT by jcsjcm (This country was built on exceptionalism and individualism. In God we Trust - Laus Deo)
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